Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Travel guide - Requesting English story with translation
Requesting English story with translation
1.On a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi, which perished long ago.
Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles, collapsed walls, and clusters of weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.
They replied, "Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds, and averse to evildoing, which led to the perdition."
When the Duke could not understand the answer, people explained ," Though he liked doing good, he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing, never could he help not participating. That caused the ruin of his capital."
Ruins of the Guo Family
On his way out, Duke Huan of Qi came to the long-dead capital of the Guo Family. of ruins.
Seeing the depressing scene of ruins and overgrown weeds, I couldn't help but ask the local people the reason for the demise of the Guo family.
The people replied: "The Guo family perished because they loved good deeds and hated evil and ugly deeds."
Duke Huan of Qi could not understand this answer, so the people explained: " Although Guo loves to do good things, he can never do them; although he hates evil and ugly deeds, he can't help but participate in them. This is why his capital is in ruins. "
2.A. mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing. The bull jumped up in a rage and, with his head low to the ground, chased the mouse right across the yard. The mouse was too quick for him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.
The bull charged the wall furiously again and again, but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns, the mouse stayed safely inside his hole. After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again.
As soon as the bull was asleep, the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole, pattered across the yard, bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety. As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked:
"It's not always the big people who come off best. Sometimes the small ones win, you know."
p>The Rat and the Bull
Once, while the Bull was lying down and taking a nap, a mouse bit his tail.
The bull jumped up angrily, lowered his head and chased the mouse across the yard. However, the mouse ran much faster than him and got into the hole in the wall calmly.
The bull slammed into the wall again and again. Although the head was swollen and the horns were cracked, the mouse stayed in the hole safely. After a while, the bull stopped pushing and fell down to rest.
As soon as the bull fell asleep, the little mouse crawled to the entrance of the hole, ran across the yard, bit the bull again? This time on the nose? and ran back to a safe place. While the bull roared helplessly, the mouse squeaked:
"The big guy doesn't always win. Sometimes the little guy wins too."
3.A wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree one day when a fox came by.
"What are you doing that for?" asked the fox . "There are no hunters around. Everything looks very peaceful to me."< /p>
"Quite true, "said the boar, "but when the hunter does come with his dogs I shall be too busy running away to have time for this. So let me sharpen my tusks while I can."< /p>
Be prepared.
Wild boar and fox
One day, the wild boar was grinding its teeth on the tree, and the fox came over.
"Why are you doing this?" asked the fox, "There are no hunters nearby, so I feel safe."
"That's right," said the wild boar, "but if the hunter If they really come with hunting dogs, I can only run away, and I have no time to do this. Let me sharpen my teeth while I can. "
Always be prepared.
p>4.Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake .
People came from far and near to see what would happen.
"A great river will be born." said one.
"Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will come out." said another.
"A god himself will spring form these rocks." said a third .
Finally , after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain. And out popped ---- a mouse.
Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't 't mean he is important.
Mountain
A long time ago, a big mountain rumbled and shook. People from far and near came to see what was going on.
One person said: "A big river will appear."
Another person said: "A giant dragon will definitely appear."
The third person Said: "A god will appear from these rocks."
After waiting for a few days, a small crack finally opened on the hillside, and a mouse jumped out.
Just because someone makes a big show of things, he or she is nothing special.
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